Adam Courchaine (born May 23, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He last played with the Coventry Blaze in the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).
Playing career Courchaine was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Growing up in Winnipeg], Courchaine dominated at the minor hockey level with the AAA-midget Winnipeg Warriors, putting up 119 points in 50 games. In 2001–02, he joined the major junior ranks with the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He was traded during his rookie season to the Vancouver Giants during their inaugural season and became a cornerstone for the franchise in its beginning years. Courchaine put up a team-high 85 points in his first full season with the Giants, helping them to their first playoff appearance in 2003. His 43 goals established a Giants' franchise record which remained unbroken until Evander Kane surpassed the mark in 2008–09. Courchaine was also named a WHL West Second Team All-Star and was subsequently chosen in the off-season by the Minnesota Wild, 219th overall, in the 2003 NHL entry draft.
He played two more seasons with the Giants, leading them in scoring for a second consecutive season in 2003–04 with 82 points while being named to the WHL West First All-Star Team. In four seasons with the Giants, Courchaine led the team in scoring twice and accumulated a franchise all-time leading 126 goals and 273 points in 241 games until both records were broken in 2012 by Brendan Gallagher. His 147 assists was also a franchise record until it was surpassed by defenceman Jonathon Blum on February 7, 2009.
Graduating from major junior in 2005–06, Courchaine was assigned to the Wild's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Houston Aeros. However, he was a regular healthy scratch and was demoted to the ECHL where he played with the Pensacola Ice Pilots and Gwinnett Gladiators.
Although Courchaine was signed overseas by EK Zell am See of Austria, he spent the 2006–07 season inactive. The following season, Courchaine played in the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga with the Füchse Duisburg. He enjoyed more success than his rookie season in the minors and led Duisburg in scoring with 50 points. In the following 2008–09 season, he joined fellow German team, Düsseldorfer EG. After four year with the team and short stints with Austrian team Graz 99ers and Füchse Duisburg for a second time, he joined the Krefeld Pinguine. In 2013–14, Courchaine led the DEL in scoring, tallying 29 goals and 45 assists in 51 contests.
He parted company with the Krefeld team in January 2015 and signed with EHC Olten of the second division NLB in Switzerland the same month. He had six points (one goal, five assists) in five games for EHC.
Courchaine signed with Czech side HK Hradec Kralove for the 2015–16 campaign. He played for the Hungarian club Alba Volán Székesfehérvár in the early stages of the 2016–17 season, before returning to Germany, joining Düsseldorfer EG for a second stint. At DEG, he inked a deal for the remainder of the season.
On 31 July 2017, Courchaine moved to the UK's EIHL to sign with the Coventry Blaze.https://eliteleague.co.uk/stewart-delighted-with-hot-shot-courchaine/
Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2000–01Winnipeg Warriors AAAMMHL37523890301325429— 2001–02Medicine Hat TigersWHL4455106————— 2001–02Vancouver GiantsWHL291612288————— 2002–03Vancouver GiantsWHL714342852442132 2003–04Vancouver GiantsWHL70394382341146106 2004–05Vancouver GiantsWHL712850783264372 2005–06Houston AerosAHL100000————— 2005–06Pensacola Ice PilotsECHL4221284924————— 2005–06Gwinnett GladiatorsECHL302201758136 2006–07EK Zell am SeeAUT.2324150913893111431 2007–08Füchse DuisburgDEL5628225030————— 2008–09DEG Metro StarsDEL391424381816124164 2009–10DEG Metro StarsDEL501826441831010 2010–11DEG Metro StarsDEL521617331691674 2011–12DEG Metro StarsDEL521315283072570 2012–13Graz 99ersAUT30002————— 2012–13Füchse DuisburgGER.39816244————— 2012–13Krefeld PinguineDEL3316193516————— 2013–14Krefeld PinguineDEL51294574651450 2014–15Krefeld PinguineDEL271112234————— 2014–15EHC OltenSUI.25156210330 2015–16Mountfield HKELH48171330860114 2016–17Alba Volán SzékesfehérvárEBEL1655106————— 2016–17Düsseldorfer EGDEL3229116————— 2017–18Coventry BlazeEIHL51153651820220 DEL totals 392 148 188 336 144 40 17 19 36 8
Awards and honours Award Year WHL West Second All-Star Team 2003 West First All-Star Team 2004
Records Vancouver Giants' all-time leading point scorer – 273 (Broken in 2012 by Brendan Gallagher) Vancouver Giants' all-time leading goal scorer – 126 (Broken in 2012 by Brendan Gallagher)
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